Postal sorting machine for sorting flat articles with a separation flap
AssigneeSolystic
InventorsFrancois Agier, Damien Berliet, Emmanuel Delbe, Olivier De Sousa
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Abstract
A postal sorting machine for flat articles on edge, said machine comprising first belt conveyor means suitable for conveying said flat articles along a first path, a plurality of sorting outlets, each of which is associated with a separator flap mounted to move about a pivot axis between a first position in which it does not interfere with said first path and a second position in which it intersects said first path so as to direct said flat articles along a second path, said separator flap being suspended by a pivot rod extending on one side of said flap only, so that the zone under said separator flap is left free.
Claims16
A postal sorting machine for flat articles on edge, said machine comprising:
- a frame carrying at least a first belt conveyor means suitable for conveying said flat articles along a first path,
- at least one separator flap mounted to move about a pivot axis between a first position in which said separator flap does not interfere with said first path and a second position in which said separator flap intersects said first path so as to direct said flat articles along a second path,
- said postal sorting machine being characterized in that said separator flap comprises a vane secured to or integral with a pivot rod, which pivot rod defines said pivot axis, and extends on one side of said separator flap only and is fastened to said frame so that said separator flap is suspended by said pivot rod while a zone under said pivot axis is left free to receive at least one belt of said first belt conveyor means so that said belt passes through said zone without any interference.
A postal sorting machine for flat articles on edge, said machine comprising:
- a frame carrying at least first belt conveyor means suitable for conveying said flat articles along a first path;
- at least one separator flap mounted to move about a pivot axis between a first position in which said separator flap does not interfere with said first path and a second position in which said separator flap intersects said first path so as to direct said flat articles along a second path;
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- said postal sorting machine being characterized in that said separator flap comprises a vane secured to or integral with a pivot rod, which pivot rod defines said pivot axis, and extends on one side of said separator flap only and is fastened to said frame so that said separator flap is suspended by said pivot rod while a zone under said separator flap is left free, wherein:
- said separator flap is provided with at least one notch extending from a free edge of said separator flap that is opposite from said pivot axis towards said pivot axis and designed, when said separator flap is in at least one of said first and second positions, to receive at least one belt of said first belt conveyor means so that said belt passes through said notch without any friction, and
- said notch in the separator flap has at least one slanting side disposed facing said pivot axis and having an end that points towards the pivot rod further away from said pivot axis than an opposite end that points towards a side of said vane that is free of the pivot rod.
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